Instinct
FreshDried Bites Grain-Free Wild-Caught Alaskan Pollock Recipe Dog Food, 24-oz bag
0out of 100
C Evidence Fair
dry $37.43/lb
Instinct FreshDried Bites Grain-Free Wild-Caught Alaskan Pollock Recipe Dog Food, 24-oz bag earns a Sniff Score of 59/100 (C) with Fair evidence. Zero controversial ingredients flagged. Score capped at 59 due to no AAFCO statement.
Graded by The Sniff System
Why this score
Strong protein profile with pollock as the primary ingredient, delivering high biological value.
PQI
+23
Quality fat sources: named fat with marine oil (EPA and DHA source).
FQI
+12
Quality carbohydrate sources with fermentable fiber.
CQI
+12
No AAFCO statement. Nutritional completeness unverified.
ACF
−8
Controversial ingredients · 1
- sodium seleniteSynthetic selenium source. Selenium is essential, but sodium selenite has a narrower safety margin than organic alternatives like selenium yeast. Better-formulated foods use the organic form.
Every flagged ingredient has a published basis (confirmed harm / regulatory action / precautionary). See methodology →
Guaranteed analysis
Protein
39%
min
Fat
33%
min
Fiber
5%
max
Moisture
6%
max
Ingredients
32 total - 1 pollock
- 2 beef protein animal
- 3 beef liver protein animal
- 4 beef kidney protein animal
- 5 beef spleen
- 6 beef heart protein animal
- 7 pumpkin seeds
- 8 carrots vegetable
- 9 apples fruit
- 10 vegetable vegetable
- 11 ground flaxseed fat
- 12 montmorillonite clay
- 13 salmon oil fat
- 14 lactic acid
- 15 ground miscanthus grass
- 16 chicory root fiber
- 17 vitamin e supplement vitamin
- 18 thiamine mononitrate vitamin
- 19 vitamin d3 supplement vitamin
- 20 salt mineral
- 21 potassium chloride mineral
- 22 choline chloride supplement
- 23 zinc proteinate mineral
- 24 iron proteinate mineral
- 25 copper proteinate mineral
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